Lest We Forget…
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Lest we forget… Commonwealth of Kentucky Losses in the War on Terrorism (in order by date of loss) As of: 23 May 19 1. Sergeant Darrin K. Potter, 24, of Louisville, Kentucky He was killed on 29 SEP 03 near Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq when his vehicle left the road and went into a canal. Potter was assigned to the 223rd Military Police Company, Kentucky Army National Guard, Louisville, Kentucky. 2. Specialist James E. Powell, 26, of Radcliff, Kentucky He was killed on 12 OCT 03 in Baji, Iraq. Powell was killed when his M2/A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck an enemy anti-tank mine. He died as a result of his injuries. Powell was assigned to the Army's B Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas. 3. Sergeant Michael D. Acklin II, 25, of Louisville, Kentucky He was killed on 15 NOV 03 when two 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul, Iraq. Acklin was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 4. Corporal Gary B. Coleman, 24, of Pikeville, Kentucky He was killed on 21 NOV 03 in Balad, Iraq. Coleman was on patrol when the vehicle he was driving flipped over into a canal trapping him inside the vehicle. Coleman was assigned to the Army's B Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mech), based in Fort Carson, Colorado. 5. Sergeant First Class James T. Hoffman, 41, of Whitesburg, Kentucky He was killed on 27 JAN 04 in an improvised explosive device attack in Khalidiyah, just east of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Hoffman was assigned to the Army's Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Riley, Kansas. 6. Specialist Justin A. Scott, 22, of Bellevue, Kentucky He was killed on 29 JAN 04 west of Ghazni, Afghanistan when an explosion occurred while he and others were working around a weapons cache. Scott was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, New York. 7. Second Lieutenant Jeffrey C. Graham, 24, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky He was killed on 19 FEB 04 in Khalidiyah, Iraq by small arms fire and an improvised explosive device attack. Graham was assigned to the Army's Company C, 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Fort Riley, Kansas. 8. Staff Sergeant Joe L. Dunigan, 37, of Benton, Kentucky He was killed on 11 MAR 04 in Fallujah, Iraq, when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device. Dunigan was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, based at Fort Riley, Kansas. 9. Staff Sergeant George S. Rentschler, 31, of Louisville, Kentucky He was killed on 7 APR 04, in Baghdad, Iraq, when his military vehicle was hit with a rocket- propelled grenade. Rentschler was assigned to the Army’s 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. 10. Corporal Nicholas Dieruf, 21, of Versailles, Kentucky He was killed on 8 APR 04, in or near Fallujah, Iraq, in an explosion. Dieruf was assigned to the Marine Corps' 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, a unit in the 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Pendleton, California. 11. First Lieutenant Robert Henderson, 33, of Alvaton, Kentucky He was killed on 17 APR 04 in, Diwaniyah, Iraq, when his convoy tried to avoid an overturned trailer and came under small arms attack. Henderson was assigned to the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, 2123rd Transportation Company, Owensboro, Kentucky. 12. Sergeant James W. Harlan, 44, of Owensboro, Kentucky He was killed on 14 MAY 04 at Camp Anaconda, Iraq, when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb next to his vehicle. Harlan was assigned to the Army Reserve's 660th Transportation Company, 88th Regional Readiness Command, Zanesville, Ohio. 13. Lance Corporal Deshon E. Otey, 24, of Hardin, Kentucky He was killed on 21 JUN 04 from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Otey was assigned to the Marine Corps' 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. 14. Sergeant Tatjana Reed, 34, of Fort Campbell, Kentucky She was killed on 22 JUL 04 in Samarra, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near her convoy vehicle. Reed was assigned to the Army’s 66th Transportation Company from Kaiserslautern, Germany. 15. Private First Class Joshua K. Titcomb, 20, of Somerset, Kentucky He was killed on 29 SEP 04 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained on September 28 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his military vehicle. Titcomb was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea. 16. Private First Class Stephen P. Downing II, 30, of Burkesville, Kentucky He was killed on 28 OCT 04 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from small arms fire while conducting combat operations. Downing was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, Camp Hovey, Korea. 17. Lance Corporal Sean M. Langley, 20, of Lexington, Kentucky He was killed on 7 NOV 04 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq from injuries received as a result of enemy action. Langley was assigned to the Marine Corps' 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. 18. Sergeant Christopher T. Heflin, 26, of Paducah, Kentucky He was killed on 16 NOV 04 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq 16 as result of enemy action. Heflin was assigned to the Marine Corps' 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 19. Specialist Jonathan A. Hughes, 21, of Lebanon, Kentucky He was killed on 19 MAR 05 near Baghdad, Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Hughes was assigned to the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, Campbellsville, Kentucky. 20. Specialist Eric L. Toth, 21, of Edmonton, Kentucky He was killed on 30 MAR 05 on a supply route when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Toth was assigned to the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, Tompkinsville, Kentucky. 21. Sergeant James A. Sherrill, 27, of Ekron, Kentucky He was killed on 3 APR 05, in Bayji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle. Sherrill was assigned to the Kentucky Army National Guard's 2113th Transportation Company, Paducah, Kentucky. 22. Petty Officer Third Class Jeffery L. Wiener, 32, of Louisville, Kentucky He was killed on 7 MAY 05, in a combat related incident. Weiner was a Navy hospital corpsman assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejune, North Carolina. 23. Sergeant David N. Wimberg, 24, of Louisville, Kentucky He was killed on 25 MAY 05 from wounds received as a result of small-arms fire from enemy forces while conducting combat operations in Hadithah, Iraq. Wimberg was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Columbus, Ohio. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). 24. Specialist Michael Hayes, 29, of Morgantown, Kentucky He was killed on 14 JUN 05 during a rocket propelled grenade attack while providing security around a suspected improvised explosive device near Baghdad, Iraq. Hayes was assigned to the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 617th Military Police Company, Richmond, Kentucky. 25. Sergeant Joseph M. Tackett, 22, of Whitehouse, Kentucky He died 23 JUN 05 in Baghdad, Iraq, of a non-combat related injury. Tackett was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. 26. Sergeant First Class Christopher W. Phelps, 39, of Louisville, Kentucky He was killed 23 JUN 05 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle. Phelps was assigned to the Army's 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado. 27. Specialist Ryan J. Montgomery, 22, of Greensburg, Kentucky He was killed 3 JUL 05 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while his unit was conducting convoy operations. Montgomery was assigned to the Kentucky Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, Campbellsville, Kentucky. 28. Specialist Ronnie D. Williams, 26, of Erlanger, Kentucky He died on 17 JUL 05 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained on 16 JUL 05 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his M1A2 Abrams tank left the road and entered a canal during patrol operations. Williams was assigned to the Army's 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado. 29. Sergeant First Class Robert V. Derenda, 42, of Ledbetter, Kentucky He died on 5 AUG 05, in Rubiah, Iraq, when a civilian fuel truck collided with his vehicle while performing a convoy mission. Derenda was assigned to the U.S. Army Reserve's 1st Brigade, 98th Division, Rochester, New York. 30. Lance Corporal Chase J. Comley, 21, of Lexington, Kentucky He was killed on 6 AUG 05 as a result of an explosion from a suicide, vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces near Al Amiriyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the Marine Corps' 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 31. Specialist Jason E. Ames, 21, of Cerulean, Kentucky He died on 31 AUG 05, in Mosul, Iraq, from non-combat related injuries. Ames was assigned to the Army's 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.